O'Connell Graduate Bernadette Jarvis of Annandale Receives Rotary Scholarship

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ARLINGTON, VA (09/10/2012)(readMedia)-- Bishop O'Connell High School class of 2012 graduate Bernadette Jarvis was notified recently that she was awarded a $1,000 college scholarship from the Falls Church Rotary Club. 

Jarvis participated in a competitive application process earlier in the year that included a essay describing how higher education would help her achieve her life goals. At O'Connell, she was active in student council, the annual soup drive and Superdance, and the Interact Club.

Jarvis is now a Capstone Scholar in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, where she is majoring in international business, and planning to minor in French.

About Bishop O'Connell High School

Bishop O'Connell High School is a faith-filled community of learning, rooted in a 55-year tradition of service and academic excellence. Founded by six local Catholic parishes in 1957, the school was built to serve the rapidly growing suburban Catholic population in the Washington, D.C. area. Today, Bishop O'Connell is one of four diocesan high schools in the Arlington Diocese and its faculty and staff are enriched by the presence of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. For more information, visit www.bishopoconnell.org.